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75: Why The Harlequinâs future is still not confirmed⌠and more

75: Why The Harlequinâs future is still not confirmed⌠and more
For Saturday 15th February 2025
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This is how weâre reflecting and celebrating our love of life around here this week:
TIMECODE -
00:00 - Whatâs in this episode.
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07:30 â We have the highlights of the council meeting which still didnât give an airtight, copper-bottom, gold-plated, definitive, signed and sealed confirmation on money being spent on the refurb and rebuild of The Harlequin.
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37:25 - Planet Reigate area news part 1.
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46:20 â Pla...
74: At Valentines, why you love living here⌠and more

74: At Valentines, why you love living here ⌠and more
For Saturday 8th February 2025
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This is how weâre reflecting and celebrating our love of life around here this week:
TIMECODE -
00:00 - Whatâs in this episode.
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06:00 - Planet Reigate area news part 1.
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24:15 â Planet Reigate Stars: thanking local heroes. This week, for those who gave kind words to a new driver
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25:45 - Planet Reigate area news part 2.
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30:40 - Planet Reigate area sport
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73a: *Extra Episode - Harlequin 'ÂŁ10m decision' at RBBC council meeting 30.01.25

73a: *Extra Episode - Harlequin 'ÂŁ10m decision' at RBBC council meeting 30.01.25
Funding has been earmarked for Redhill's Harlequin theatre which was shut in September 2023 due to unstable concrete in its building.
On Thursday evening 30 January 2025,, Reigate and Banstead Borough Council agreed to allocate up to ÂŁ10m for the theatre and "cultural offerings" in the borough.
This is a full report on the meeting including clips from the discussion and background commentary.
To read the full 38-page âHarlequin Options Analysis and Next Stepsâ report that the council was di...
73: Local plant-based cooking courses⌠and more

73: The next âactâ in The Harlequinâs drama, local plant-based cooking courses⌠and more
For Saturday 1st February 2025
This is how weâre reflecting and celebrating our love of life around here this week:
TIMECODE -
00:00 - Whatâs in this episode.
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10:22 - Planet Reigate area news part 1. Including the latest about the Harlequin - and the latest A&E, ambulance and cancer stats from the hospital.
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30:45 - Planet Reigate area travel news. Road and train disruption this coming week.
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35:00 â GU...
72: Reigateâs boxing, horse-riding, wannabe stuntwoman and fitness expert, your 'wants' for Redhill⌠and more

72: Reigateâs boxing, horse-riding, wannabe stuntwoman and fitness expert⌠and more
For Saturday 25th January 2025
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This is how weâre reflecting and celebrating our love of life around here this week:
TIMECODE -
00:00 - Whatâs in this episode.
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06:55 - Planet Reigate area news
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14:30 - The Good Time Guide: things to do and places to go this week
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21:25 â GUEST: Olivia Furner from movewitholivia.com, Reigate fitness expert. So if you have been a bit sluggish over the festive period...
71: The local board-gamers group, your âwantsâ for Reigate High Street⌠and more

71: The local board-gamers group, your âwantsâ for Reigate High Street⌠and more
For Saturday 18th January 2025
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This is how weâre reflecting and celebrating our love of life around here this week:
TIMECODE -
00:00 - Whatâs in this episode.
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07:30 - Planet Reigate area news - Part One
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14:00 â Planet Reigate Stars: thanking local heroes. This week praise for the boss of The Belfry.
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15:15 â GUEST: A new gaming group thatâs been set up at Gatwick. So, if you were bitten by t...
70: More on the Harlequinâs future⌠and more

70: More on the Harlequinâs future⌠and more
For Saturday 11th January 2025
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This is how weâre reflecting and celebrating our love of life around here this week:
TIMECODE -
00:00 - Whatâs in this episode.
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04:40 â The âbest bitsâ from the council meeting 9th January, with more harlequin discussion. We have taken the, err, more concrete bits from a 1hr 45m meeting and boiled it down to 23 minutes.
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36:15 - Planet Reigate area news - Part One
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50:10 â Planet Reigate Stars...
69a: *Extra Episode - The (Full) Story Of Bancroft Road, Reigate

The Story Of Bancroft Road Reigate
How many times have you driven into Reigate either from Redhill, or from down the Hill, and found yourself in the townâs one-way system, taking that awkward sharp left-hand turn off Church Street, past the townâs only multi-storey car park on the right-hand side, the library tucked away at the dog-leg bend, the Everyman cinema on the right and up to Bell Street..?
Have you ever looked at the building on the left-hand side, Pool House, and wondered how it got its name?
Mayb...
69: 4/4 - The story of Bancroft Road, Reigate 4 - behind the scenes at the abandoned swimming pool

69: The story of Bancroft Road, Reigate 4 - behind the scenes at the abandoned swimming pool
Saturday 4th January 2025
Now, our four-part mini-series over Christmas and New Year concludes, with what you might call a bonus edition. We have been given special access to part of Bancroft Road that is not normally open to the public. With grateful thanks to Spencer Copping of WS Planning and architecture, whose offices are in the appropriately named Pool House, listen as we go behind the scenes and underground as we record interviews in what was the actual pool.<...
68: 3/4 - The story of Bancroft Road, Reigate 3 - the rise and fall of the pool and picture house, and the legacy of the husband and wife who got them built.

Episode 68: The rise and fall of Reigateâs pool and picture house on Bancroft Road, and the legacy of the husband and wife who got them built.
For Saturday 28th December 2024
This is the third part of four in our Christmas/New Year mini-series on the history of Bancroft Road in Reigate.
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Part one was in episode 66 â We started the story with Harry Bancroft and Emmy meeting, marrying and running the Hippodrome cinema on Bell Street. You can hear it here: https://tinyurl.com/prp66bancroft1 (tap the link and then...